University students’ Islamic work ethics and their attitude towards business ethics : evidence from Asia
Joint Authors
Gul, Asma
Khan, Khurram
Abd al-Salam, Zarina
Source
Journal of Islamic Business and Management
Issue
Vol. 5, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2015), pp.91-111, 21 p.
Publisher
Riphah International University Riphah Centre of Islamic Business
Publication Date
2015-06-30
Country of Publication
Pakistan
No. of Pages
21
Main Subjects
Business Administration
Religion
Islamic Studies
Topics
- Islamic ethics
- Universities
- Islam
- Students
- Gender roles
- Attitudes
- Ethics
- Professional ethics
- United Arab Emirates
- Pakistan
- Saudi Arabia
- Malaysia
- Religious aspects
Abstract EN
The current study investigates the students’attitude towards business ethics and Islāmic work ethics (IWE) in four Asian Muslim countries i.
e.
Pakistan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Malaysia.
It also examines the differences in attitudes towards business ethics and Islāmic work ethics across gender and education levels.
The participants were university students of the selected countries.
Self-administered questionnaires i.
e.
Attitude towards Business Ethics Questionnaire (ATBEQ) and IWE were used to collect data, applying convenient sampling method.
Overall, 537 usable questionnaires (Pakistan-158; KSA-119; UAE-152 and Malaysia-108) were included in the data for analyses.
The results of the analysis imply that females scored higher on attitude towards IWE and males scored higher on attitude towards business ethics.
Furthermore, graduate students were more inclined towards IWE, but there were no significant differences in attitudes towards business ethics across education levels.
The differences across the countries indicated that Malaysia was at the top and Saudi Arabia was at a lowest level for IWE, whereas Pakistan was high and Saudi Arabia was low on attitudes towards business ethics.
The study highlights not only the importance of IWE and business ethics in the lives of university students, but also provides important insights that how some countries are high or low on attitudes towards IWE and business ethics.
Based on t he above findings, specific implications are provided for managers who are interested in hiring business graduates from these countries e.g.
how cultural differences among different countries can lead to diverse ethical standards and which ethical standards are strictly followed by employees across countries.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Khan, Khurram& Gul, Asma& Abd al-Salam, Zarina. 2015. University students’ Islamic work ethics and their attitude towards business ethics : evidence from Asia. Journal of Islamic Business and Management،Vol. 5, no. 1, pp.91-111.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gul, Asma…[et al.]. University students’ Islamic work ethics and their attitude towards business ethics : evidence from Asia. Journal of Islamic Business and Management Vol. 5, no. 1 (Jun. 2015), pp.91-111.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Khan, Khurram& Gul, Asma& Abd al-Salam, Zarina. University students’ Islamic work ethics and their attitude towards business ethics : evidence from Asia. Journal of Islamic Business and Management. 2015. Vol. 5, no. 1, pp.91-111.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-626847
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 108-111
Record ID
BIM-626847